[extropy-chat] the structure of randomness
gts
gts_2000 at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 31 05:45:56 UTC 2005
Here is some interesting discussion of the Shnoll effect among notable
people including Jack Sarfatti,
Nick Herbert, John Walker, and Shnoll himself.
http://noosphere.princeton.edu/shnoll2.html
Some people here might remember a thread from a few years ago in which I
argued that John Walker's
"hotbits" were a source of genuine random numbers. The bits are generated
by radioactive decay. My first
thought after reading Damien's initial post here was, "Hmm, someone should
tell John Walker about this."
But of course he already knows. The Shnoll effect is not new news, though
its interpretation is still an
open question.
John Walker's Hotbits:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/
-gts
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